Hmmm … I wonder into what kind of action they'd most likely be shocked. > So you took a private email address I gave you in confidentiality and handed it over

Hmmm … I wonder into what kind of action they'd most likely be shocked. > So you took a private email address I gave you in confidentiality and handed it over to some hacker site which, without making any verification that you own that address, gave you a list of services I'd signed up for? Bob, YOU are now on my shit list. Your face IS punchable. You should get lost as soon as possible. Maybe it would be better to tell them something along the lines of: "I just improved my internet security, and so can you! Check out these resources, plus some background information from trustworthy sources." But which tools and reports should I recommend? In this context, "that talk I saw at Defcon" doesn't cut it. Recommending a site that endorses exactly one password management service also seems questionable; I'm concerned that if I tell colleagues to trust HIBP, I'm priming them to fall for anti-malware protection rackets. How about the venerable NYT? They must have some great stuff. But then there's also content such as TFA, in which a graphics director and a writer from the opinion desk deliver bons mots such as: "None of us really has a choice to participate in tracking or not — the system just serves up location data, usually without us noticing. […] When we participate in this system, we're tacitly endorsing it." On a page that attempts to contact DoubleClick and Google Analytics. (Which I did notice, and, unlike the NYT, chose not to participate in.) When someone asks for advice or I noticed them make a security boo-boo, I can teach them the bare minimum (basic stuff such as how to use unique credentials for every site and service). But when it comes to doing my part in spreading the word about being more proactive than the bare minimum … halp! Edit: Credit where credit is due: I just finished reading TFA and discovered the section "What about The Times?", which has links to "This Article Is Spying on You" [0] and "How The Times Thinks About Privacy" [1]. [0] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/18/opinion/data-privacy-tracking.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/18/opinion/data-privacy-trac... [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/opinion/sulzberger-new-york-times-privacy.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/opinion/sulzberger-new-yo...